Why people are not happy these days?
The best advice I heard a father giving to his son was “always do what
you are afraid to do”
Too many young Americans these days don't get a chance to learn how to enjoy work. Much of this country's social and political philosophy seems aimed at removing the risks from life one by one. As i told a group of business students in one of the talks i gave at Dartmouth, it is impossible to grant someone happiness. Happiness is not a tangible thing, it's a byproduct, a byproduct of achievement.
Achievement must be made against the possibility of failure, against the risk of defeat. It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in achievement and, consequently , no happiness.
Ray Kroc, Founder of the MacDonald's Corporation when he was 52 years old.
This was written in 1977 if Ray was alive today no doubt he would be shocked by what is happening in the world. Governments everywhere are taking and removing all the risk from peoples life's. Some companies & Sovereigns are bailed out. More and more people are working for the state (Europe), in my country is very costly to fire a worker even if he is no good. Interest rates are at zero to help Zombie companies. There are government programs to prevent the price of real estate to go down.
are people happier vs a situation where some people failed and others prospered? i Doubt.
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Excellent Ray Kroc quote! I have that one written out in my notebook from his book that I just read. So true today, even more so probably then when he wrote it in the 70's. Thanks for sharing this!
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